How to price restaurant photography

[@TinHouseStudioUK]

I hope you enjoy this. If you have any questions before I film the next two pop them down below or hit me up on instagram instagram.com/scottchoucino/

[@BlueRoseSteakhouse]

Great advise! A little perspective from the other side of this conversation. He is absolutely right, we have no idea what this process looks like from your end. But as a chef we appreciate art. Open and honest conversations really set the tone of the job. Our photographer had never done food photography before but she was very honest about it. She came in for three days as part of our training program. Each day we plated 10-13 items from the menu to educate the team on presentation, ingredients, and flavor. She would stage and take the pictures between plating and tasting while we talked over ingredients and possible allergens. (Yes she got to eat with the team lol). Sure there were a few issues and she did come back the next week to redo a couple of dishes but she explained that could happen when we started. Over the three days she shot 35 plates, the 7 team members, and tons of “aesthetic” shots (front of house and back of house). We felt it went well but again a lot of it was because she was very open, direct, and honest about her experience, process, and vision.

[@aquihablamosdefotografia]

Hey Scott! your content and advise are second to none. I feel like I found the holy grail of useful no-nonsense information. I'm a restaurant photographer myself and can relate to what you say in so many levels. I'm officially now binging on your content.

[@AndreiMargineanOfficial]

I wish I knew this video existed a week ago. Thank you for the info!

[@Divinii]

*Loved it!* *Thank you so much for sharing all the valuable tips in this video!*

[@theOdogwu1]

Thank you so much for these tips, I currently I'm looking to secure a gig with a local restaurant/cafe who reached out to me to shoot food photography for their dishes and your tips were helpful. Thank you once again 🙏🏼

[@gregorybown]

Such great advice, clearly backed by real world experience. Having a schedule, clear brief and sign off will save your @$$! Thank you!

[@ItzzBabyGirl]

Thank you so much! You was very clear on this video! It helped me alot

[@georgelouw6630]

You mate are an absolute legend! Cheers.

[@TinHouseStudioUK]

Zed Cuda thanks Zed

[@Masterosouffle1]

Looking forward to this, your videos are a great resource - thank you. Would be great to hear your thoughts on home studios, how they can help get you started and the point when a commercial premises is in order. Cheers

[@TinHouseStudioUK]

Thanks James. I am working on something about studios atm actually. Although it wont be ready for a while as I am waiting on something.

[@Masterosouffle1]

@@TinHouseStudioUK That's great, thanks. It feels like a chicken and egg situation at the moment!

[@matrixphotodesign]

Hi James , I use a Home studio works well for me , You could also have two rates " You come to me rate " and the I come to you rate "

[@crazywebshowgirl09]

This is super helpful!!! Cover all the pointers!

[@helenatomasphotography7932]

This was really helpful! Thank you so much!

[@Agnivolok1]

Super helpful! I had a client that sent me shot list (insta and white background shots) but no reference or any idea what he wanted. Of course in the end i created some types of shots that he didn't like, he wanted complicated composite images in the end but after we agreed on price, which covered maybe only white e commerce shots. Aaand in the end he wanted to choose from the shot list which photos he likes and pay. Absolutely ba......ks. But learned alot from it and you covered most of it here with this video. Thank you ;)

[@TinHouseStudioUK]

Alex Cerescu yeah it’s a good learning opportunityt to make those mistakes

[@matrixphotodesign]

Hi Alex , I run into this all the time , after watching these videos , going forward here are somethings Im going to implement , send an estimate not a quote " never the two shall meet " , Get a complete shot list from client , then send a official quote spelling out images need, Get a non-refundable deposit upfront before starting the job.

[@Agnivolok1]

@@matrixphotodesign I agree with all u said. After all this situation ends i will put all these lessons in practice

[@yohannaftali2480]

That's so true! I have experienced what you explained in this video 😅 now i need to jump to bigger gigs 😬😁

[@TinHouseStudioUK]

All about moving on and progressing 👍

[@niallcahill76]

Damn, what a great video. I've been shooting for years and recently started doing some restaurants for extra cash and wow I can relate to all this..... it's like a right if passage lol

[@JaleelKing]

Love this! I would love to see your thoughts on portraits.

[@TinHouseStudioUK]

Once we are out of lockdown I am going to give this a go.

[@dilage2773]

You just got a subscriber mate

[@chefjohnb1]

Great stuff, thanks. Do you have any insight as to magazine and cookbook work?

[@TinHouseStudioUK]

Hey John. Not really actually. I have done some non food magazine stuff, but only ever the one cookbook.

[@vivekvishwakarma1253]

Excited!!

[@TinHouseStudioUK]

Thanks.

[@agustintajch]

Thanks for sharing!!! 🤗🤗🤗

[@TinHouseStudioUK]

Thanks

[@EngBraumann]

How do you compete with prices from Uber Eats? Since they badly pay the photographers (in my country they pay 38€ for 5 shots for a session of 45 minutes to 1 hour) I assume they do not charge a fair price to the restaurant owners that we can't compete with.

[@OMARZAKIALIRAQEY]

cool thx

[@TinHouseStudioUK]

No problem

[@matrixphotodesign]

Hi Scott , Sorry quick question when you say correction do you mean re-shoot or editing ?

[@ItzzBabyGirl]

I think editing is is more or a 'retouch' thing. So corrections meaning re-shooting. This is what I think.

[@matrixphotodesign]

Hey Scott great video , now my experiences working with small business makes perfect sense . I do have a questions for you, how would you handle an inquiry from a pay per click sites ? Often times they don't give enough details to give a proper quote.But they want a quote ( I know , Im shaking my head in my hands as Im writing this )

[@matrixphotodesign]

Hi Scott , Ive been really thinking pricing after watching your video for the 4th time ( Not stocking you I promise ) , I going to start using a layered approached to answering inquiries. Thanks you videos always get the gears in my head going, I did notice some smoke coming out of my ears , not quite sure if that's a good thing " LOL

[@TheJasonGoddard]

Good vid’ boyo 🙌🏻

[@Radarek01]

Hi Scott! From your videos, I understand that the client pays for the props. But what happens to these props after the photo shoot? Do you give them to the client, do you sell and keep the money from sales to yourself?

[@TinHouseStudioUK]

It depends. If they dont pay a finding fee then I would take the props as that fee. If they do then I would ask them what they want to do. Everyone has their own needs I guess.

[@cigarinspector2023]

That thumbnail though :)

[@TinHouseStudioUK]

haha thanks. It was taken on a workshop I ran a few years ago.

[@CameraMystique]

and you get to eat the food!